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This works well for me but, several of my fellow scrollers had problems with it and no one can help them.
I did not see any improvements to this chuck and will have to see if the screw breaks on this one. I had to order this replacement chuck for my delta scroll saw. The screw in the chuck broke on mine and was listed as back-ordered until may 2008 on deltas web site.
I have never had as much trouble as I am having now. I cannot reccommend this item to anyone and feel that they will have a great experience. I teach woodworking in a private high school and the students get lots of use from our Delta scroll saws. I have actually asked to get a Hegner scroll saw that I know I can depend on. It seems to be hit or miss with it because I have had better experiences in the past but still not great. We are always changing blades or removing the blade from the top chuck to make an interior cut and I just bought two new chucks to make things go easier and my old chucks (which were Quicksets also) were broken anyway. One of the chucks already came apart and is broken and the second one is nothing but problems.
I would think twice before you buy this item.The time you save on working on your project is used up looking for the springs. There are two little spring on the blade chuck. When it let go they go flying ,good luck finding them. I purchase the quickset. I wish they would come up with some other design. For some reason it will let go of the blade. I was hope to save time when working on my projects. That is not the bad part.
Then just clamp it shut. With the power of this clamp and so much adjustability blade's slipping are a thing of the past.
Even still this is a solid system and in my opinion the best you can get for the money. Why delta only puts this quality clamp on the top arm I dont know.They DO however offer it both top and bottom on the spendier models.Maybe delta will offer it as an after market item someday who knows.
This system is a breeze. This idea works well and is so simple a monkey could do it.This model once you have adjusted it for your blade thickness, just close the jaws with the lever and your all set to go.
Now get out there, clamp in a fresh blade and enjoy yourself. Easy to adjust the thumb type screw for different size blade thickness.
How easy is that.
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